Baron & Jen Carson

Missionaries to France

About Hope Now

When we visited Europe in 2014 we were struck by the hollow, and often haunted, look in the eyes of people as they hurried by. It was fairly easy to tell who was a tourist and who was not based on their eyes. We made the point of asking the missionary why the people had such a look in their eyes. We’ll never forgot what he said, “That’s what hopelessness looks like.” Soon afterward God began tugging on our hearts to return to Europe to sow seeds of hope. Why hope? Our pastor, Jerry Dean, said it like this, “Hope is perhaps the most important word in the Bible.” Because of the great need for hope we have launched Hope Now.